Ode On the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude; Left unfinished by Mr. Gray, and since completed - Two Volume Set
San Francisco: John Henry Nash for William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1933.
Limited Edition. Hardcover.
Of this unfinished Ode by Mr. Gray two hundred copies have been printed from hand type for William Andrews Clark, Jr. by John Henry Nash of San Francisco in November 1933. This copy is No. 67. With an introduction by Leonard Whibley. W
From Clark’s Some Observations: This volume was printed by John Henry Nash in his usual impeccable manner on hand-made Van Gelder Zonen paper with a special watermark. The font used is English Caslon, both Roman and Italic, cut in 1722 by William Caslon (1692-1766). The frontispiece is a reproduction of an original colored drawing of Mr. Gray the Poet by Thomas Rowlandon. With a hand-printed sheet tipped to first free endpaper reading “Compliments of William Andrews Clark, Jr., Christmas, 1933.”
Accompanied by a second volume containing a facsimile of the original pamphlet that was published from the unfinished manuscript found by Mr. Gray’s friend, executor, and biographer William Mason and first printed in an edition of twelve copies for his friends (1775).
Item #9024829 x 12", half vellum, green paper over boards, color frontis. illus. to xx, 9pp to the text volume, 4pp facsimile.
A little toning to facsimile with offsetting to endpapers, bookplate first paste-down endpaper each volume, tight, bright, clean, near fine in folding portfolio with one internal flap detached.
Price: $125.00